WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            March 19, 2013 - 8:00 AM

            HB 449

                 For:

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Hess, Myron (National WILDLIFE Federation)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Walker, Jennifer (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Wright, Susan (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Wright, Susan (Texas Community Association Advocates)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County)

                                 Cooke, Heather (City of Austin)

                                 Erben, Randy (The Home Depot)

                                 Gibson, Stephanie (Scotts Miracle Gro Company and Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Guz, Karen (San Antonio Water System)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Hrncir, John (City of Austin)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Myers, Michael (U.S. Green Building Council Texas Chapters)

                                 Myers, Michael (Self; U.S. Green Building Council Texas Chapters)

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Trizna, Kathy (Native plant society of texas)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Against:

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

            HB 449 - Committee Substitute

                 For:

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Wright, Susan (Texas association of builders and texas community association advocates)

            HB 727

                 For:

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                 Against:

                                 Wright, Susan (Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Wright, Susan (Texas Association of Builders)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County)

                                 Erben, Randy (The Home Depot)

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Hess, Myron (National WILDLIFE Federation)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Myers, Michael (U.S. Green Building Council Texas Chapters)

                                 Walker, Jennifer (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

            HB 857

                 For:

                                 Guz, Karen (San Antonio Water System)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Hess, Myron (National WILDLIFE Federation)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Walker, Jennifer (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Williams, C. E. (Self; Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District)

                 Against:

                                 Profilet, Charles (Southwest Water Company)

                                 Valdez, Jerry (Texas Alliance of Water Providers)

                 On:

                                 Mace, Robert (Texas Water Development Board)

            HB 1324

                 For:

                                 Davis, Paul (City of Pasadena)

                                 Skarke, Steve (Self; Kaneka North America)

                                 Terry, Dennis (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Branch, John (Self; Clear Lake City Water Authority)

                                 Farley, CJ (Self)

                                 Greytok, John (Clear Lake City Water Authority)

                                 Johnson, Nancy (Self)

                                 Norman Keeney, Lilian (Self)

                                 Peterson, Douglas (Self)

                                 Schweinle, Bill (Self; Clear Lake City Water Authority)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Deshields, Holly (Kaneka North America)

                                 Hazlewood, Steve (The Dow Chemical Company)

                                 Jackson, Mike (Kaneka North America)

                                 Kuwahata, Mitsuru (Kaneka North America)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corp.)

                                 Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Saenz, Luis (Kaneka North America)

                                 Thomas, Neil (Kaneka North America)

                 Against:

                                 Garcia, Elias (Self; Clear Lake City Water Authority)

                                 Johnston, Nina (Self)

                                 Morrow, Jennifer (Self; Clear Lake City Water Authority)

                 On:

                                 Taack, Justin (TCEQ)

            HB 1324 - Committee Substitute

                 Against:

                                 Norman Keeney, Lilian (Self)

            HB 2452

                 For:

                                 Arledge, Terry (Self)

                                 Atkinson, Robert (Marathon Petroleum Corporation)

                                 Eisen, Bill (City of Pearland)

                                 Kadansky, Richard (Marathon Petroleum Corporation)

                                 Langford, Ivan (Gulf Coast Water Authority)

                                 Ostercamp, Alan (Self)

                                 Shipp, Earl (The Dow Chemical Company)

                                 Witte, Chris (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Oldham, Melanie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Raun, L. G. (Self; Texas Rice Producers Legislative Group)

                                 Rila, Kellye (TCEQ)

                                 Smith, Robin (TCEQ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bennett, Richard A. (Tony) (Texas Assn of Manufacturers)

                                 Brown, Jay (Valero)

                                 Castro, Elizabeth (LyondellBasell)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Finley, Timothy (Dow chemical)

                                 Fisseler, Gene (NRG Energy)

                                 Hess, Myron (National WILDLIFE Federation)

                                 Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Huntsman Corp)

                                 Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Walker, Jennifer (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Woodard, Shayne (Freeport LNG)

                 Against:

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                 On:

                                 Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)

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